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Question 873672: Can you please help me out with this and help me solve this please? I am not sure how and would love to learn how!! Thank you so much in advance!
Inside a toy truck, there is a gear that rotates to (3, −8) when the steering wheel is turned to the left. What is the sine value of this function?
a) 3 square root of 73 all over 73
b) negative 8 square root of 73 all over 73
c) 3
d) −8

Answer by htmentor(1343) About Me  (Show Source):
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The side of the triangle has length 8, since the y-coordinate of the point B is -8.
The base of the triangle has length 3, since the x-coordinate of the point B is 3.
The hypotenuse of this triangle, from the Pythagorean Theorem, is:
sqrt%288%5E2%2B3%5E2%29+=+sqrt%2873%29
The sine of the angle is BC/AB = 3%2Fsqrt%2873%29
This is the same as answer (A) if you divide through by sqrt%2873%29